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Israel at war: What happened on day 395?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 IDF soldiers operate in southern Lebanon, October 27, 2024. (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit)
IDF soldiers operate in southern Lebanon, October 27, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit)

Netanyahu aide Eliezer Feldstein suspect in leaking document to harm hostage deal

Feldstein was hired by the PMO media team soon after the war began, but his employment status remained unclear.

By ELIAV BREUER, TOVAH LAZAROFF
 Eliezer Feldstein, the central suspect in the PMO security leak affair. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT, Via Maariv)
Eliezer Feldstein, the central suspect in the PMO security leak affair.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT, Via Maariv)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s close aide is suspected of leaking sensitive security documents as part of an orchestrated campaign to thwart a hostage deal, court documents revealed on Sunday.

Speculation about the case had seized public attention for days even before Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court Judge Menahem Mizrahi partially lifted a gag order on details of the security breach.

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Hamas expected to reject any deal that doesn’t end Gaza war, source says

Egypt has been in talks with Hamas in Cairo for the last two days as part of its efforts to unite Palestinian factions, but there has been no reported progress on a hostage deal.

By TOVAH LAZAROFF
 People ride their bicycles on Yom Kippur, in front of a wall featuring hostage posters, in Jerusalem, October 12, 2024 (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)
People ride their bicycles on Yom Kippur, in front of a wall featuring hostage posters, in Jerusalem, October 12, 2024
(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)

Hamas is expected to reject any renewed effort to finalize a hostage agreement until such time as the war in Gaza ends, a security source told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.

“It’s very clear that the hostage deal will only happen” when the war comes to a close, the source said.

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Israel at war: What you need to know

  • Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza.
  • Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
  • 101 hostages remain in Gaza
  • 48 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says